Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Administrator's Reference

DEFINE ASSOCIATION (Associate Client Nodes with a Schedule)

Use this command to associate one or more clients with a schedule. A client node must be assigned to the policy domain to which a schedule belongs. Client nodes process operations according to the schedules associated with the nodes.

Note:In a macro, the server may stall if some commands (such as REGISTER NODE and DEFINE ASSOCIATION) are not committed as soon as you issue them. You could follow each command in a macro with a COMMIT command. However, a simpler solution is to include the -ITEMCOMMIT option with the DSMADMC command.

Privilege Class

To perform this task, you must have one of the following privilege classes:

Syntax

>>-DEFine ASSOCiation--domain_name--schedule_name--------------->
 
      .-,------------.
      V              |
>--------node_name---+-----------------------------------------><
 

Parameters

domain_name (Required)
Specifies the name of the policy domain to which the schedule belongs.

schedule_name (Required)
Specifies the name of the schedule that you want to associate with one or more clients.

node_name (Required)
Specifies the name of the client node or a list of client nodes to be associated with the specified schedule. The items in the list are separated by commas, with no intervening spaces. You can use a wildcard character to specify a name. If a client is listed, but is already associated with the specified schedule or is not assigned to the policy domain to which the schedule belongs, the command has no effect for that client.

Examples

Task 1

Associate the client nodes SMITH or JOHN with the WEEKLY_BACKUP schedule. The associated clients are assigned to the EMPLOYEE_RECORDS policy domain.

Command:
define association employee_records 
weekly_backup smith*,john*

Task 2

Associate the client nodes JOE, TOM, and LARRY with the WINTER schedule. The associated clients are assigned to the EMPLOYEE_RECORDS policy domain; however, the client JOE is already associated with the WINTER schedule.

Command:
define association employee_records 
winter joe,tom,larry

Related Commands

Table 39. Commands Related to DEFINE ASSOCIATION

Command Description
DEFINE SCHEDULE Defines a schedule for a client operation or an administrative command.
DELETE ASSOCIATION Deletes the association between clients and a schedule.
DELETE SCHEDULE Deletes a schedule from the database.
QUERY ASSOCIATION Displays the clients associated with one or more schedules.
REGISTER NODE Defines a client to the server and sets options for that user.


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